Well, after much angst, my copy arrived today...of course I went home and opened it up!

Before today, I would have said that Eagle-Gryphon Games has some of the best factory inserts in the business. Upon opening M&M, I have to say that its insert puts the EG inserts to shame. I took each layer out and easily put everything back with no problems. First class.

Now, if I have to pick one nit...the removable trays have clear plastic covers, so nothing is going to come out of them while in the box. However, some of the minions are kept in their slots only because there are other parts of the insert on top. For example, there is a row of minions that is "held in place" because the part of the insert that holds the painted minis sits on top. In transit, these got jostled so they were scattered in my box. There are other examples of minions in the box secured in this fashion. None of mine were damaged in transit, but of one does get damaged, it would be one of those.

I suspect that this will not be an issue for day-to-day play since most people will lay the game flat. However, transit or storing the box on the side could lead to more scattering.

I am surprised by the praise to Eagle-Gryphon.. I do not own many of their games, but those I do have have very simple or non-existent inserts..

From what I understood of an interview they did with Rolling Dice and Taking Names, MvM worked with the Broken Token Game Trayz to create the insert. Which is awesome I hope more and more game publishers follow this and pay attention to the inserts in the future

I am surprised by the praise to Eagle-Gryphon.. I do not own many of their games, but those I do have have very simple or non-existent inserts..

From what I understood of an interview they did with Rolling Dice and Taking Names, MvM worked with the Broken Token to create the insert. Which is awesome I hope more and more game publishers follow this and pay attention to the inserts in the future

Certainly not all of EG's inserts are great...but the inserts for Empires: Age of Discovery and for Dawn: Rise of the Occulites are well done...of course. those games cost a lot more than many of EG's other games.

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

I don't know how else to say this, but most of the costs associated with making the game were, well, not passed on to you. This wasn't really a needle-moving venture for us. But if you don't like the trays, you can absolutely take them out and put them into baggies. At least with the trays, you have the option. They won't be for everyone.

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

That kind of ticks me off. They're nice, but 100% unnecessary.

You can tell based on the final product vs the original price that a lot of the cost was not passed on to the consumer.

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

That kind of ticks me off. They're nice, but 100% unnecessary.

Wow, no offense but what a asinine complaint. One of the most beautifully produced games put into market and this ticks you off. Okaaaay.

I don't know how else to say this, but most of the costs associated with making the game were, well, not passed on to you. This wasn't really a needle-moving venture for us. But if you don't like the trays, you can absolutely take them out and put them into baggies. At least with the trays, you have the option. They won't be for everyone.

My copy arrived today and I am totally blown away by how well this game was produced. The care and attention to detail shows everywhere! Then on top off all of that, you tried to get it into the hands of as many people as possible as quickly as possible, perhaps even taking a monetary loss to do so. This is a very kind and generous and wonderful thing that you did. I'm grateful I was able to participate. Thank you!

My copy arrived today and I am totally blown away by how well this game was produced. The care and attention to detail shows everywhere! Then on top off all of that, you tried to get it into the hands of as many people as possible as quickly as possible, perhaps even taking a monetary loss to do so. This is a very kind and generous and wonderful thing that you did. I'm grateful I was able to participate. Thank you!

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

That kind of ticks me off. They're nice, but 100% unnecessary.

AND ANOTHER THING! Whom was the brainiac who thought it was a good idea to pack so much awesome into one box? Seriously 100 miniatures? WHAT the ehch eee double hockey stick is up with that? They could have included 2 mm cubes to represent minions. Additionally thick glossy boards for the map? These could have been pieces of ruled college paper which costs $1.00 for a hundred sheets tops?

Next we have these way over produced and over sized cards. Not only did they waste money on art assets they could have gone the FFG route and used gremlin sized cards. Who has time to be holding cards this big and looking at the artwork too? We all know that after 100 games the artwork will be passe' why waste the cash?

Top all this pain off with a box that will never fit into a Kailex ever in a million years! So now I am forced to throw out my entire Kailex shelving unit and go buy some Costco industrial sized garage metal shelving!

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

That kind of ticks me off. They're nice, but 100% unnecessary.

Unlike everyone else, I've got your back on this. I mean look at how big and fancy the game is. All that cost was passed on to us. They should have just emailed me a picture of the game instead of forcing me to buy this unnecessarily well produced game. What a rip off.

My bitch about the trays is they spent WAY too much time and money on them,. Look at those things; they were EXPENSIVE to make and that cost was passed on. And if they release one expansion they all go in the trash and I use baggies.

That kind of ticks me off. They're nice, but 100% unnecessary.

Maybe they won't release an expansion. Maybe this was a one time thing. Did you ever think of that ?

I don't usually get games with components like this, so I was like a kid on Christmas opening up each tray in the box. It was a fun presentation.

I got rid of the first two big trays and just put the minions in a draw bag so it's easier to set up/tear down. The bottom tray is great for holding cards and tiles and I kept the small Mech tray to keep the paint safe. Other than that I just needed three small zip bags for markers, crystals, and dice. Now I'm looking at the box..